{"id":769,"date":"2019-11-30T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=769"},"modified":"2019-11-30T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T21:48:09","slug":"whos-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=769","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWho\u2019s Missing\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMay the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.\u2019 Genesis 31:49 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applying God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every Thanksgiving, our family has tried to keep important traditions alive. This year, we had a traditional dinner with all the trimmings.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the day progressed, I realized how thankful I am for family. I caught myself thinking a lot about those who were missing. My parents are both gone, my older brother, my late wife Joanne and numerous friends and relatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the beginning of our meal, we prayed and then each of us shared what we are most thankful for. I shared how thankful I am for all the people I\u2019ve been blessed to share Thanksgiving with over the years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Thanksgiving meal is always a treat, but it\u2019s all the relationships I\u2019ve experienced that have impacted me the most on Thanksgiving Day.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What relationships am I most thankful for? How have I showed my appreciation? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cMay the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.\u2019 Genesis 31:49 Applying God\u2019s Word Every Thanksgiving, our family has tried to keep important traditions alive. This year, we had a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=769\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-of-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}